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The summer edition of the Wine Dine & Travel Magazine is full of summer fun - 198 pages of travel stories with destinations around the world. In this issue, you'll find the first of the Discovery Series. Discovering Slovenia explores our beautiful country from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea.

Slovenia is known as a green, active and healthy land, but its people also have a long tradition of living with the sea. The romantic town of Piran with picturesque medieval and Venetian architecture has developed due to the salt production at the Sečovlje salt pans. At these biggest and oldest salt pans in Slovenia, salt is still being produced in a traditional way based on a 700-year old method. When weather conditions are good, the workers produce between 50 to 60 tons of salt per day.

Are you ready for a new adventure? Go on the Path of the Shepherd's Dwarves on Krvavec, which reveals the secrets of the shepherd's lifestyle on the mountain. The new family adventure takes you through the forests and pastures of Krvavec and spoils you with magnificent views of the Ljubljana basin. The Path is full of other surprises.

Green, Active and Healthy Slovenia is one of the most water-rich countries in Europe. Wherever you go, you are always surrounded by the freshness of water. Rivers, lakes and the sea create picturesque waterfronts for gathering and relaxing.

The Belgian-Slovenian VLM Airlines officially announced the establishment of seasonal flight connections between Maribor airport and airports in Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia. Until 29th August, the airline will connect the cities twice a week with a 50-seater Fokker 50.

Are you looking for ideas for your next holiday? Let us give you a few hints and reasons why your next destination should be our green, active and healthy Slovenia, with a little help from recent articles on Slovenia in the Telegraph and Condé Nast Traveller.

Our green, active and healthy land is on the brink of new tourist records. In June 2017, more than 1.2 million tourist overnight stays were recorded, which represents 22% more than in June 2016. This means Slovenia had more than 487,000 arrivals or 27% more than last year. From the start of 2017 and up to the end of June, almost 5 million overnight stays were recorded in tourist accommodation in Slovenia, which is 12% more than last year.

Trivago, the world’s top hotel price comparison site, carried out a survey of which domestic destinations attracted the most interest in visitors this summer. The most popular Slovenian destinations were Portorož, Ljubljana, Bled, Izola, Piran, Koper, Maribor, Kranjska Gora, Bohinj and Strunjan, according to the data obtained from 55 international travel platforms. The survey was made with travellers from Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Germany, and it included all searches carried out between 15th May 2017 and 15th July 2017 for a requested travel period of between 1st July 2017 and 31st August 2017.

At the 41st session of its World Heritage Committee in Krakow, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has inscribed 63 new areas of ancient and primeval beech forest in 10 countries onto the World Heritage List. Among them are two areas in Slovenia: the Krokar virgin forest and the Snežnik-Ždrocle forest reserve.

Slovenia is one of Europe’s most picturesque countries, with interesting views on offer at every step. It is thus no surprise that many foreign filmmakers have observed that our country is a microcosm of Europe as a whole. The Slovenian film infrastructure offers foreign producers logistical and technical support, as well as creative talent, professionals, artisans and assistants who understand visual creativity and film production.

Statistical data from Slovenia’s tourism industry are implying another record summer season. The figures are more than excellent: the first five months registered around 2.2 million overnight stays by foreign guests, which is 13% higher compared to the same period last year.

The journalist Melinda Joe has marked Slovenia as a rising culinary star. In the online article “Slovenia’s cuisine is set to rival the world’s best” for the South China Morning Post, she states the reasons why it is worth visiting Slovenia from a culinary point of view. In addition to Ana Roš, who was crowned the World’s Best Female Chef, she also mentions a number of other Slovenian chefs who are writing the story of the success of Slovenian cuisine.

The EDEN SLO 2015-2017 project, which lasted eighteen months and was dedicated to promotion, development and education, ended on 30th June. Within the project, the Slovenian Tourist Board successfully implemented the promotion of Slovenian EDEN destinations. This spring, the STB also began a search for new EDEN destinations, focused on cultural tourism.

Ljubljana was selected from the four destinations that applied to be the host of an educational and business event of the ICCA Association Meetings Programme - AMP 2018. The acquisition of professional events by international industry associations is part of the strategic orientation of destination marketing for both Ljubljana and Slovenia, with the aim of improving their visibility and strengthening international business connections.

The Slovenian Tourist Board has invited some of the world’s best Instagram influencers and top-notch photographers to discover Slovenia. Follow their journey around our green, active and healthy land through their eyes and camera lenses.

A leading conference in Central and South-Eastern Europe, the annual Bled Strategic Forum provides a necessary high-level platform for the discussion of pressing regional and global issues. The forum offers the opportunity for meetings with regional and global stakeholders and the possibility of extensive networking between the political and business leaders of today. This year the tourism panel is entitled: “The collaborative economy: sharing, cooperation, or simply business?”, while you can also enjoy the networking event with Ana Roš, the World’s Best Female chef. Save the date: 4th and 5th September.

“Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and a very cool and chilled-out destination. Amazing architecture, river, bridges, bars, parks, restaurants, hotels, tours, entertainment and much more!” states the description of the green Slovenian capital on the New Destinations Network, which Ljubljana has recently joined.

Chef Ana Roš, from Hiša Franko, shared where to find Slovenia’s best fine dining, homey pub food, and alfresco country lunches with Vogue magazine. The Slovenian chef was recently named the World’s Best Female Chef 2017 by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. Last year, she also starred in an episode of Netflix’s Chef’s Table, and was the first woman to join the exclusive Cook It Raw chef community. Follow her ideas and suggestions for a perfect culinary experience.

In May 2017 more than 846,000 tourist overnight stays were recorded, 5% more than in May 2016. In more detail, domestic tourists generated 6% more arrivals and 5% more overnight stays, while foreign tourists generated 8% more arrivals and 5% more overnight stays.